On Fri, 4 May 2001 22:34:41 -0500 (CDT), Petr [Dingo] Dvorak whispered to the router:
!! !! either add 'install=/boot/boot.b' line in /etc/lilo.conf and rerun lilo, or run !! /sbin/install-mbr and then rerun lilo, then reboot, and as long the win 98 is !! on 1st primary partition and linux on 2nd primary partition, or extended !! partition, you will not have problem. !! !! windows never installed anyhow, i'd very much settle for a working system at this point. install=/boot/boot.b that line was already in my lilo.conf so i did, install-mbr /dev/hda then i tried to run lilo. grickle:~# lilo Fatal: First boot sector doesn't have a valid LILO signature what in the heck does that mean... i've got... hda1 is my swap partition hda5 is my root partition (logical) hda6 is my home partition (again, logical) so, what am i doing wrong here? i get a different message where lilo should be though on boot. MBR FA: help. -- Forrest English http://truffula.net "When we have nothing left to give There will be no reason for us to live But when we have nothing left to lose You will have nothing left to use" -Fugazi
